{"id":5088,"date":"2023-11-15T04:18:35","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T03:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=5088"},"modified":"2023-11-15T04:18:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T03:18:35","slug":"a-elderly-couple-died-on-the-same-day-capping-off-71-years-of-mutual-companionship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=5088","title":{"rendered":"A elderly couple died on the same day, capping off 71 years of mutual companionship\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Herbert and Marilyn Francis DeLagle, who had been married for 71 years, said their final goodbyes within 12 hours of one other on the same sad day.<\/p>\n<p>Their love tale began in a modest Waynesboro caf\u00e9, when Herbert, 22, and Frances, 16, met for the first time. Herbert began to frequent the place where Frances worked as their relationship grew stronger.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/couple-die-the-same-day-1-300x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5089\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/couple-die-the-same-day-1-300x300-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/couple-die-the-same-day-1-300x300-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Herbert summoned his bravery and invited Frances to a nearby movie theater, sparking a romance that would last a lifetime. A year later, he knelt before her with a sincere proposal, which was received with a resounding \u00abOf course!\u00bb from Frances.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Herbert\u2019s constant tardiness, their wedding day was filled with pleasure and laughter, marking the start of a shared life\u2019s journey. Herbert died in the early hours of a Friday morning, at the age of 94.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/couple-die-the-same-day3-300x200-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5090\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Marilyn rejoined him twelve hours later, presumably succumbing to the terrible anguish of losing her lifetime companion.<\/p>\n<p>The DeLagle legacy goes on through six children, sixteen grandchildren, twenty-five great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/couple-die-the-same-day4-290x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5091\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The couple\u2019s enduring love story continues to weave its threads through the rich tapestry of their expansive and loving family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Herbert and Marilyn Francis DeLagle, who had been married for 71 years, said their final goodbyes within 12 hours of one other on the same sad day. Their love tale began in a modest Waynesboro caf\u00e9, when Herbert, 22, and Frances, 16, met for the first time. Herbert began to frequent the place where Frances [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5088"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5092,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5088\/revisions\/5092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}